Many of these narratives are political - those on the left have different narratives from those on the right, for example. Even when we value truth, we associate it with coherence. To those pro-gun, it's a case of ''if only those around them were better armed''. More subtly, it can be an appeal to tradition or an invocation of stories that represent ''better times''. What a political narrative fits, however, is not the truth but people's collective and individual preferences.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 10, 2016 17:15 UTC